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| Mint Emulsified Sugar Scrub |
Let me start out by saying that I love, love, love this scrub. I have made many a scrub, but this one tops them all. It's a gentle scrub, great for the face, and leaves your skin feeling soft and slightly energized. The fragrance is soft and delicate, and the sugar provides a gentle scrub. I found the recipe on one of my favorite supply websites, Wholesale Supplies Plus. It's a winner in my book, and here's why:
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| Avocado Oil |
- Avocado Oil: I've extolled the benefits of this wonderful fruit oil before, but it's so good I'll share it again. Cold pressed avocado oil is one of the richest sources of beneficial monounsaturated fatty acids like oleic acid. Not only is avocado oil extremely good at hydrating and softening your skin, it is often recommended as an effective treatment for acne and blackheads, eczema and other forms of skin inflammation. It's an excellent source of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, minerals, and vitamins. It also facilitates in the healing of scars, diminishing of spots, removal of stretch marks and shrinking of large pores. Avocado oil can increase collagen, reduce wrinkles, and heal damaged skin. The avocado, actually a fruit, is rich in proteins and fats, sterolin, lecithin and potassium. The natural oils in an avocado can penetrate deep into the skin, helping to soften and hydrate dry and flaky patches.
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| Mango Butter |
- Mango Butter: Mango Butter is extracted from the fruit kernels of the mango tree. Pure Mango Butter is thought to exhibit excellent moisturizing properties while countering the drying effects of bar soaps and cleansers! Mango Butter is well suited for use in homemade sugar scrubs, lotion bars, soaps, cuticle creams and more! In skin care, we love mango butter for its moisturizing essential fatty acids. It's rich in oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated omega-9 acid; and stearic acid, a saturated fatty acid. These are ingredients that the skin readily recognizes, absorbs, and uses to help add moisture to the skin. It both tightens and firms while providing super nourishment to the skin.
